Poisoned pickings

20th August 2011

A teenager was left fighting for his life this week after being poisoned by a plate of mushrooms.

According to TVN24, 16-year-old Dawid was rushed to hospital where he eventually underwent a nine-hour liver transplant operation.

Although doctors state it’s still too early to speak of any long-term effects, the operation is said to have gone smoothly.

The news comes one year after the case of 6-year-old Tomek, who was forced to undergo a double liver transplant after a similar situation.

“Once again we are urging people not to pick their own mushrooms,” says Pawel Trzcinski of the Children’s Health Centre. ...